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Class of 2025 Top Graduates: West

Women In Optometry and our supporters celebrate the Class of 2025 in the West.

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Arizona College of Optometry, Midwestern University

Class of 2025: 60 students (34 women, 26 men)

Austin Giles, OD, 2025 top graduate from Arizona College of Optometry, Midwestern University
Dr. Giles
Austin Giles, OD, of Yucaipa, California, will work in a primary care private practice that specializes in specialty contact lenses, dry eye and ocular disease.

 

Pacific University

Pacific University College of Optometry

Class of 2025: 75 students (58 women, 17 men)

Rheanne Van Spengen, OD, 2025 top graduate from Pacific University College of Optometry
Dr. Van Spengen
Rheanne Van Spengen, OD, of Edmonton, Alberta, will return home and join a team of optometrists at FYidoctors in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.

Pacific University College of Optometry Class of 2025
Pacific University College of Optometry Class of 2025

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Marshall B. Ketchum University

Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University

Class of 2025: 95 students (70 women, 25 men)

Katie Salmon, OD, 2025 top graduate from Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University
Dr. Salmon
Katie Salmon, OD, of Spokane, Washington, will start an ocular disease residency at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.

Jaclyn Charbonneau, OD, 2025 top graduate from Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University
Dr. Charbonneau
Jaclyn Charbonneau, OD, of Mission Viejo, California, looks forward to continuing her education during her upcoming cornea and contact lens residency at the University Eye Center at Ketchum Health in Anaheim, California.

 

UC Berkeley School of Optometry and Vision Science

University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry

Class of 2025: 66 students (51 women, 15 men)

Julien Cyrill Belen, OD, 2025 top graduate from University of California Berkeley School of Optometry
Dr. Belen
Julien Cyrill Belen, OD, of Stockton, California, will start a primary care and ocular disease residency at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.

Berkeley Class of 2025
University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry Class of 2025

 

Western University College of Optometry

Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry

Class of 2025: 65 students (49 women, 16 men)

Lenna Nguyen, OD, 2025 top graduate from Western University of Health Sciences' College of Optometry
Dr. Nguyen
Lenna Nguyen, OD, of Moreno Valley, California, will start an ocular disease residency at the VA Central California Health Care System.

Serene Koudsi, OD, 2025 top graduate from Western University of Health Sciences' College of Optometry
Dr. Koudsi
Serene Koudsi, OD, of Upland, California, looks forward to starting an ocular disease residency with Azul Vision.

Torrey Fauth, OD, 2025 top graduate from Western University of Health Sciences' College of Optometry
Dr. Fauth
Torrey Fauth, OD, of Medicine Hat, Alberta, looks forward to providing primary care and dry eye treatment at a private practice in Lloydminster, Alberta.

Western University of Health Sciences' College of Optometry Class of 2025
Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Optometry Class of 2025

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This article was created using several editorial tools, including AI, as part of the process. Human editors reviewed this content before publication.

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